the curtain, but he just came around the curtain. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. >> Good afternoon.My colleagues and I remain squarely focused on achieving our dual mandate goals of maximum employment and stable prices for the benefit of the American people. Despite elevated uncertainty, the economy is in a solid position, the unemployment rate remains low, and the labor market is at or near maximum employment. Inflation has come down a great deal, but has been running somewhat above our 2% longer run ...

My colleagues and I remain squarely focused on achieving our dualmandated goals of maximum employment and stable prices for the benefit of the American people. Despite elevated uncertainty, the economy is in a solid position. The unemployment rate remains low and the labor market is at or near maximum employment.Inflation has come down a great deal, but has been running somewhat above our 2% longer run objective. In support of our goals today, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to leave our policy in ...

Joining us now to talk about it all, Loretta Mester, former Cleveland Fed president, now adjunct professor of finance at the University of Wharton, also a CNBC contra contributor. And we are darn glad that you are here, Loretta. If you were still on the Fed, what would your decision and expectation for rate cuts be? Yeah, I would have probably already been at one cut as opposed to two. So I may not have changed my SEP. Remember the SEP, the one that we had before was in March and that was before the April 2 ...

As of June 2025, the US economy continues to defy some expectations as the labor market shows some strength even with inflation moderating. The latest jobs report on June 6th showed non-farm payrolls grew by 139,000 in May. This surpassed the forecast of 125,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%.Meanwhile, the most recent CPI report on the 11th showed inflation below expectations at 2.4% year-over-year in May with core steady at 2.8%. Earlier worries that tariffs was going to at the same ...

No change in the Federal Reserve funds rate staying at a net level of four and a quarter to four and a half percent. Some really interesting stuff in the forecast. Let me tell you about the assessment of the economy.First, they're saying the economy continues to expand at a solid pace. Unemployment remains low. Inflation is somewhat elevated.And they talk about the idea that swings in net exports, all that front running is affecting the data. Now, the Fed forecast increase the inflation outlook. They reduce ...

Steve Leeman. Now, no change in the Federal Reserve funds rate, staying at a net level of four and a quarter to four and a half percent. Some really interesting stuff in the forecast.Let me tell you about the assessment of the economy. First, they're saying the economy continues to expand at a solid pace. Unemployment remains low.Inflation is somewhat elevated. And they talk about the idea that swings in net exports, all that front running is affecting the data. Now, the Fed forecast increase the inflation ...

All right. So, Lauren, I was just mentioning um our Fed survey, our CNBC exclusive Fed survey. It shows the Fed funds rate at 3.89% by the end of this year.Do you see a similar picture playing out with the Fed cutting rates pretty significantly this year. That is our base case expectation this year that the Fed would cut one to two times because frankly that's what the Fed has told us so far. And our expectation for the meeting this afternoon is that the Fed will do as much as it can to do as little as poss ...

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New graduates are entering into one of the toughest job markets in recent history with unemployment rates for recent grads hitting 5.8% compared to just 4% for all workers. So, it's a crucial time for young people to make smart financial moves. I want to bring in Dena Healey who is the Prize Financial Vice President of Financial Planning and Advice.Great to have you here in studio with us. You have four pillars of advice for new graduates. Study your benefits, establish a strong credit history, develop a bu ...